. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 31G THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Septembek 30, GLEANINGS. The distribution of plants from the Dominica Botanic Station during last month amounted to a total of 16,065. This included limes 7,887, vanilla 7,740, cacao 318, grafted mangoes 28, budded citrus 23, and miscellaneous 69. In connexion with the onion-growing industry of Antigua, St. Kitts and Montserrat, it of interest that 242J B). of seed has been distributed in these islands from the Antigua Agricultural Department for the planting of the coming crop.
. Agricultural news. Agriculture -- West Indies; Plant diseases -- West Indies. 31G THE AGRICULTURAL NEWS. Septembek 30, GLEANINGS. The distribution of plants from the Dominica Botanic Station during last month amounted to a total of 16,065. This included limes 7,887, vanilla 7,740, cacao 318, grafted mangoes 28, budded citrus 23, and miscellaneous 69. In connexion with the onion-growing industry of Antigua, St. Kitts and Montserrat, it of interest that 242J B). of seed has been distributed in these islands from the Antigua Agricultural Department for the planting of the coming crop. Board of Trade Journal for August 17, 1911, states that the cotton crop of Turkey for the last season amounted to 32,000 bales. The coming crop is estimated at 35,000 bales. So far, the quality of the cotton from Turkey has .shown little variation. According to the Journal of the Royal Socirti/ of ; lor August 25, 1911, an industry of recent growth in Italy is the extraction of an oil from tomato seed. This was form- erly thrown away, but the oil is now iieginning to be in steady demand for soap-making. In its properties, tomato-.'^eed oil somewhat that from cotton seed. A report received from Montserrat shows that cotton is by time well established throughout the island, although at the time of writing rain was becoming necessary, i)articu- larly in the windward and northern districts. The effect of the want of rain is to cause premature ripening of the earlier cotton. Picking of this was commenced at the end of last month. It is of interest that pests are not particularly in evidence, although leaf-blister mite is met with in a few places and cotton stainers are probably more prevalent than usual. Reference has been made in the Aitricultural N'ews from time to time to the Xational Dairy Show at Chicago. Inform- ation is now received from the National Dairy Show Asso- ciation that the United States Agricultural Department intends to make an exhib
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